Behind the Candelabra
dramabiography
152
Stimulating
Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention
Score Breakdown
Cognitive Stimulation/50
38
Educational Value/50
37
Craft & Quality/50
39
Cinematic Score/50
44
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
Emmy winner for Outstanding TV Movie (2013). Steven Soderbergh's portrait of Liberace (Michael Douglas) and his young lover (Matt Damon).
Moderate cognitive demands. Educational value from the entertainment history and LGBTQ+ context. Douglas and Damon are extraordinary — Soderbergh made a major studio film that no studio would finance.
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